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Now operating in a modern production - distillation - bottling plant in Platanovrisi area of ​​Patras, renowned for its quality water, meeting building and engineering specifications and complying with European Union regulations and guidelines in the beverage industry, the distillery follows a basic philosophy. the high quality.

Keeping faithfully to the three-generation tradition on the processes and techniques of distillation, with the rigorous selection of top quality raw materials and keeping an eye on today's trends, the company is developing, supplying its products with its excellent packaging in Greece and abroad.

Vantana Distillery is a 100% Greek company.

The brand recognition and power of VANTANA's reputation are strong. The reliability of products, operations, business processes and long-term consistency with customers and consumers is a given.

Vantana Distillery - Distillery demonstrates market responsibility for the quality and price of its products.

Labor relations and the working environment are excellent, harmonized with the legislation, and the functions are transparent.

Child labor is prohibited and all appropriate safety and security measures are respected.

Environmental protection is of great importance and every effort is made to limit negative environmental impacts.

In the social field the company undertakes cultural and social initiatives.

Suggests responsible alcohol consumption.

We do not allow minors and pregnant women to consume alcohol.

Morality is a core value of the distillery and it is forbidden to receive and give gifts to associates who hold key positions.

The beverage products have been awarded in quality and packaging contests. They have won gold and silver medals, which proves their high quality.

History

Those years, Panagiotis Vantana’s drinks such as ouzo, raki, vermout, rum, brandy, mavrodaphne, liqueurs such as banana, rose, peppermint, mastic, mandarin, benedictine and especially tentoura in the area of western Greece, the Peloponnese and the Ionian islands were blooming and loved by consumers.

A characteristic of the time is the wholesale of wooden barrels and weighing in ‘oka’ and ‘dramia’. Bottling in glass bottles and labeling was done manually.

Panagiotis Vantanas learned the secrets of the drinks when he was working as a boy at the distillery "The Sun" by Charalambous Varimbopi.

As soon as he felt that his forces were capable of doing so, he undertook the establishment of his own Distillery in the Markato area of ​​Patras. Distribution and sale at that time were mostly in bulk packages such as wooden barrels of various contents and less in packaged bottles. In addition to the excellent drinks, the glass bottles also featured the labels as well as the artistic work of the printers of the time, and nowadays they are works of art.

At that time, the Markato of Patras was the main craft and commercial area of ​​Patras and Achaia in general. All the inhabitants of Achaia and neighboring counties arrived there to supply various products and mainly food and drinks.

For a short time he worked with another distiller Stathatos, but during World War II the distillery business stopped.

Thus, he continued to produce small quantities on his own, given the conditions of war and famine.

At the end of the war, the passion of drinking making was still there and the distillery was slowly restarted at Gerokostopoulou 48 Street.

In 1950 he produced an excellent Tentoura recipe for his friends and demanding customers who wanted something special. After the death of Panagiotis Vantana, the distillery continued to operate by his wife, Vantana Polyxeni, who knew the art, in his later years.

The tradition and love of drink making continued with the passing of the second generation, his daughter Pigi and his son-in-law Elias Tzoudas who continued to operate the distillery. In 1978 the distillery was moved to a new privately owned production site in Lefka Patras, maintaining the store at 48 Gerokostopoulou Street in Markato as a retail outlet.

Production, distillation, bottling of products was now taking place in this new area, which helped the company to significantly increase production volumes and to be able to dispose of its products throughout Greece and export some of them in Italy, Germany and France. In 1989 the business passed on to the third generation of the family to brothers George and Panagiotis Tzoudas, grandsons of Panagiotis Vantana, who grew up "in the distillery".

In 1999, the distillery expanded to a new private 4,000-square-foot plot in the Platanovrisi area of ​​Patra Achaia, renowned for its quality water, which originates from the mountains of Erymanthos. Water that has unique properties and proper salts and minerals.

Now operating in a modern production - distillation - bottling plant, complying with building & engineering specifications and complying with European Union regulations and guidelines in the beverage industry, the company is developing new products and new packaging distributing throughout Greece as well as exporting to larger quantities and in more overseas countries.

Vantana Distillery - Distillery continues today to combine the traditional way of making alcoholic beverages by extraction or distillation, with the latest technology in their standardization.

The company applies ISO 22000 KAI HACCP certified system.

Continuous control of both the raw materials used and all processes of production, storage, bottling and quality analysis of alcoholic beverages is strictly observed.

As part of our ongoing concern and passion for quality, our company aims to evolve scientifically and research the products it produces and makes available to the consumer, with a sense of responsibility and a sense of innovation and progress.

In April 2017, the company renewed its brand and gradually renewed all packaging. The new brand perfectly expresses the spirit of the distillery and the vision of the founder of Panagiotis Vantana.

Δίκτυο

VANTANA participates in International Food and Drink Exhibitions. In Greece (Athens - Foodexpo, Thessaloniki - Detrop) and abroad: (Anuga - Cologne in Germany, Prowein Dusseldorf in Germany) and (Sial - Paris in France), exhibiting the rich its range of products.

Our News

03/03/2017Participation of the company in the "Detrop 2017" exhibition at HELEXPO Thessaloniki, 03/03 / 2017-06 / 03/2017.

03/2016Participation of the company in the "FoodExpo 2016" exhibition at the Metropolitan Expo, Athens, 19-21 / 3/2016.

02-03 / 2015Participation of the company in the exhibition "Detrop 2015" at HELEXPO Thessaloniki, 26 / 2-1 / 3/2015.

03/2014Participation of the company in the exhibition "FOOD EXPO" at the Metropolitan Expo Athens, 15-17 March 2014.

03/2013Participation of the company in the "PROWEIN" International Exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 24-26 March 2013.

03/2013Participation of the company in the International Food & Beverage Exhibition "DETROP 2013" in Thessaloniki, 7-10 March 2013.

10/2012Participation of the company in the "SIAL 2012" International Exhibition in Paris, France, October 21-25, 2012, HALL 2 - GREEK PAVILLON (Stand 2N097).

03/2011Participation of the company in the "DETROP 2011" International Exhibition in Thessaloniki, Greece,11-14 March 2011 in collaboration with SELETROPE.

10/2010Participation of the company in the International Exhibition "SIAL 2010" in Paris, France, October 17-21, 2010.

10/2009Participation of the company in the "ANUGA" International Exhibition in Cologne, Germany, October 10-14, 2009.

3/2009Participation in the "PROWEIN" International Exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany on 29-31 / 3/2009.

10/2007Participation in the "ANUGA" International Exhibition in Cologne, Germany, on 13-17 / 10/2007.

10/2006Participation in the "SIAL 2006" International Food Exhibition in Paris, France.

10/2005Participation in the largest International Food Exhibition "ANUGA 2005 KÖLN" in Cologne, Germany.

3/2005Participation in the "Food and Drinks Department" (Thessaloniki) - in Thessaloniki.

2/2004Participation in the "17th Food and Drinks Fair" (at EXPO ATHENS) - in Anthousa Attica and the first presentation of Tentoura Vantana 1950 Especial Quality to the wider Greek public with great success and special interest.

10/2011Participation of the company in the "ANUGA 2011" International Exhibition in Cologne, Germany, October 8-12, 2011 (Stand H041).

10/2003Participation of the company in the "SIAL 2012" International Exhibition in Paris, France, October 21-25, 2012, HALL 2 - GREEK PAVILLON (Stand 2N097).

09/2003Reproduction of P. Vantana's legendary Tentura recipe of 1950 in modern packaging.